The standing committee was informed that the canal system in Punjab was the biggest system in the country but water losses in the province were only 15pc of total losses while 85pc losses took place downstream of Punjab and particularly between the areas of Punjnad and Kotri. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Water Resources on Monday endorsed a proposal of the Punjab government for appointment of independent inspectors at critical barrages for spot checking of water losses as the provinces complained about shortages.
The meeting of the panel was presided over PPP’s Nawab Yousaf Talpur. Besides members of the committee, the meeting was also attended by the Punjab minister for irrigation, secretaries of irrigation departments of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and chairman and members of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) representing the provinces.
May 25, 2021
KARACHI: Sindh Indus River System Authority (IRSA) member Zahid Hussain Junejo on Tuesday claimed that he was attacked by IRSA Chairman Rao Irshad Ali Khan during a meeting on Taunsa-Punjab (TP) link canal, ARY News reported.
Zahid Hussain Junejo told ARY News that he was manhandled by IRSA Chairman Rao Irshad Ali Khan, who is also a member of Punjab. Junejo claimed that he was attacked after he raised the issue of the acute water crisis in Sindh.
“I was hit with a mike by the chairman during the meeting just for demanding Sindh’s due share of water”, he claimed.